Shapeshifting is a ton of fun these days. Between the new spirit regen and mana regen in shapeshifted forms, you can buff a group, shift over for a fight or two, and by the time you shift back you have full mana. I joined a group and functioned mostly as a tank, but sometimes I got to use cat form to scout ahead or help clear singles, and other times I'd switch out to heal. The real fun was pulling with faerie fire, dropping a rejuv on myself and jumping into bearform to tank.